Ngawn or Ngawn Chin is a
Kuki-Chin
The Kuki-Chin languages (also called Kuki-Chin-Mizo, Kukish or South-Central Tibeto-Burman languages) are a branch of 50 or so Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in northeastern India, western Myanmar and southeastern Bangladesh. Most speakers of the ...
language spoken in
Falam District,
Chin State
Chin State (, ) is a state in western Myanmar. The Chin State is bordered by Sagaing Division and Magway Division to the east, Rakhine State to the south, Bangladesh to the south-west, and the Indian states of Mizoram to the west and Ma ...
, and
Kale District
Kale District (also called Kalemyo District) is the westernmost district in Sagaing Division of Myanmar (Burma). Townships
Its administrative center is the city of Kalay (Kalaymyo). The district consists of three townships;
* Kale Township
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,
Sagaing Region
Sagaing Region ( my, စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and lon ...
,
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
. There are 27 Ngawn villages in
Falam township, Chin State.
Some Ngawn people also live in
Tonzang Township
Ton Zang Township ( my, တွန်းဇံမြို့နယ်) is a township of Tedim District in the Chin State of Myanmar.Township 6"Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map"map ID: MIMU001, created: December 2007, Myanmar Info ...
, Chin State and
Kalay
Kalay ( my, ကလေး), also known as Kale, is a town in the Sagaing Region of Myanmar. It is located upstream from Mandalay and Monywa on the Myittha River, a tributary of the Chindwin River. The town is the district headquarters of the Kalay D ...
,
Kabaw, Sagaing Region.
Examples
Those villages are located in (Hualngo area and Zanniat area), Falam Township, Chin State. And those villages are founded by Ngawn people. Zawlpi village is a new one they founded in 2016 officially.
Ngawn People Have Some Organizations
References
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Kuki-Chin languages